FabSwingers.com forum: PC Doctor in the house.....

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

So following on from the other threads Im happy to help with any advice on problems or upgrades and tech stuff

All the other PC/Laptop guru's are free to jump in and help too

Surgery is now open

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I dropped my netbook on the floor, and can't get any further than the windows password screen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dropped my netbook on the floor, and can't get any further than the windows password screen

Are some of the keys not working which is preventing you from entering your password?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I dropped my netbook on the floor, and can't get any further than the windows password screen

Do you not know your password then ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

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By *Ryan-Man
over a year ago

In Your Bush

Nah your rubbish Jamie. I've seen your advice before. PC World are better

You don't even use peanut butter

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

Hi Doc, noble gesture and thanks in advance.

Jpg images are not all opening in progs like windows photo viewer, some have the pic as a icon some don't. It's annoying we need to collect together and back up or store everything in one place or memory stick.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ? "

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hi Doc, noble gesture and thanks in advance.

Ok easy fix lol,firstly you need to set your preferred image viewer/editor as the default program to open images, also in the top right hand corner of your explorer window is a little icon to change the view click that and it should change your icons to images

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

Hmm now that could be tricky lol as im sure you dont want them seeing all your private stuff ?? There are ways to bypass the password from the bios but its quite complicated ?? Let em see if i can put a guide together for you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I think a lot will be mailing you xxxx Thanks for offering to help .. some of us have not got a clue xx

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I think a lot will be mailing you xxxx Thanks for offering to help .. some of us have not got a clue xx"

My pleasure

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By *wingerdelightCouple
over a year ago

eastliegh

"I think a lot will be mailing you xxxx Thanks for offering to help .. some of us have not got a clue xx

My pleasure

and make sure you post lots, cant see too much of that bum

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I think a lot will be mailing you xxxx Thanks for offering to help .. some of us have not got a clue xx

My pleasure

and make sure you post lots, cant see too much of that bum

Ha ha will do guys

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

Ok i think the easiest , fastest solution to this is to remove the hard drive and connect it to another PC and back up your data and pics of it firstly, that way if you get someone to repair it it will be clear of your filth lol !!

If you were closer i could easily fix it in a very short space of time ! Unfortunately im too far away

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

If you were closer i could easily fix it in a very short space of time ! Unfortunately im too far away

Well Nottingham is a little closer and I would be HtH.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oh, and I'm happy to assist if I can with any issues when Jamies not available due to his main career as International Jet-Set DJ and Folk Hero!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Oh, and I'm happy to assist if I can with any issues when Jamies not available due to his main career as International Jet-Set DJ and Folk Hero!

Lol cool we now have two PC guru's

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

If you were closer i could easily fix it in a very short space of time ! Unfortunately im too far away

Thank you for you advice, much appreciated

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

If you were closer i could easily fix it in a very short space of time ! Unfortunately im too far away

Well Nottingham is a little closer and I would be HtH. "

Thank you x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

If you were closer i could easily fix it in a very short space of time ! Unfortunately im too far away

Thank you for you advice, much appreciated

Sent you a PM with a possible work around hope it works for you

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Next......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?"

Does it make any beeping noises at all when you restart ??

And does it get to the POST screen ?? IE before it begins to load windows ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

Does it make any beeping noises at all when you restart ??

And does it get to the POST screen ?? IE before it begins to load windows ?? "

Nothing at all, no power up from the start button, not a sign of life, apart from the two lights .....

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

Does it make any beeping noises at all when you restart ??

And does it get to the POST screen ?? IE before it begins to load windows ??

Nothing at all, no power up from the start button, not a sign of life, apart from the two lights .....

Hmmm is the fan spinning on the PSU ?? Sounds as though you are getting power through to the motherboard so could possibly be a fault with the motherboard ??

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By *ickloverMan
over a year ago

Devizes

Are you running windows 7 ? That seems to be 99% of all computer problems !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

Does it make any beeping noises at all when you restart ??

And does it get to the POST screen ?? IE before it begins to load windows ??

Nothing at all, no power up from the start button, not a sign of life, apart from the two lights .....

Hmmm is the fan spinning on the PSU ?? Sounds as though you are getting power through to the motherboard so could possibly be a fault with the motherboard ??"

Not even that ! Vista pro btw

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

Does it make any beeping noises at all when you restart ??

And does it get to the POST screen ?? IE before it begins to load windows ??

Nothing at all, no power up from the start button, not a sign of life, apart from the two lights .....

Hmmm is the fan spinning on the PSU ?? Sounds as though you are getting power through to the motherboard so could possibly be a fault with the motherboard ??

Not even that ! Vista pro btw

Aaaarrrgghh VISTA !!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Your both now on my hotlist, for any future PCM problems of course

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Your both now on my hotlist, for any future PCM problems of course

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Doesn't sound like a PSU issue to me but I could be wrong.

I very much doubt it will work but have you reset your bios & CMOS battery (take it out for an hour or so)?

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By *wingerdelightCouple
over a year ago

eastliegh

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

Does it make any beeping noises at all when you restart ??

And does it get to the POST screen ?? IE before it begins to load windows ??

Nothing at all, no power up from the start button, not a sign of life, apart from the two lights .....

Hmmm is the fan spinning on the PSU ?? Sounds as though you are getting power through to the motherboard so could possibly be a fault with the motherboard ??

Not even that ! Vista pro btw

Aaaarrrgghh VISTA !!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO lol

you shouldlove vista it made alot of people like you alot of money in repairs im sure

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

Does it make any beeping noises at all when you restart ??

And does it get to the POST screen ?? IE before it begins to load windows ??

Nothing at all, no power up from the start button, not a sign of life, apart from the two lights .....

Hmmm is the fan spinning on the PSU ?? Sounds as though you are getting power through to the motherboard so could possibly be a fault with the motherboard ??

Not even that ! Vista pro btw

Aaaarrrgghh VISTA !!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO lol

This may sound like sarcasm, but its not. Disconnect the mains power from the unit, wait an hour. Plug in and try to turn on again.

With the soft start PSUs, sometimes they stop responding to the 'On' signal - which a low voltage signal from the motherboard.

I have known this to resolve it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Vista is about the worst OS ever and anyone i encounter with it i immediately tell them to upgrade to Win 7 lol !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mac guru here if anyone needs PWT

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

Does it make any beeping noises at all when you restart ??

And does it get to the POST screen ?? IE before it begins to load windows ??

Nothing at all, no power up from the start button, not a sign of life, apart from the two lights .....

Hmmm is the fan spinning on the PSU ?? Sounds as though you are getting power through to the motherboard so could possibly be a fault with the motherboard ??

Not even that ! Vista pro btw

Aaaarrrgghh VISTA !!! NOOOOOOOOOOOO lol

This may sound like sarcasm, but its not. Disconnect the mains power from the unit, wait an hour. Plug in and try to turn on again.

With the soft start PSUs, sometimes they stop responding to the 'On' signal - which a low voltage signal from the motherboard.

I have known this to resolve it. "

Good advice, failing that its more likely a motherboard issue as if there is power getting through you should at the very least get a POST screen

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Your both now on my hotlist, for any future PCM problems of course

Well I can work out PCM as well, just in case your stuck for a Nyquist sampling rate

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

PCM ?? Post Climax Masturbation ?? lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ctrl/alt/del solves all problems

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Your both now on my hotlist, for any future PCM problems of course

Well I can work out PCM as well, just in case your stuck for a Nyquist sampling rate

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"PCM ?? Post Climax Masturbation ?? lol

Close - Pulse Code Modulation!

Though I prefer post climax masturbation - especially when its lady doing it because she's enjoying that 'just full' feeling!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"PCM ?? Post Climax Masturbation ?? lol

Oh go on then

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By *ickloverMan
over a year ago

Devizes

Ctrl/alt/ throw at the wall solves even more ! But that action must immediately be followed by purchase new computer,

Expensive fix but the upgrades are incredible !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load"

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?"

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?"

Click Start, then Right Click 'Computer' and select 'Properties' - this will open a window and there will be a entry in there which says 'Installed Memory'

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?"

Lol @ typo Widows 7

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?"

Also if you have loads of programs that run at start that will slow down your boot up and running

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

How to speed up start up times and general running......

Once your in windows hit the windows icon bottom left corner.

In the search box type msconfig and hit enter

This will open up a box and you will see a tab that says startup , click on this tab and it will show you all the programs that run on startup.

Most of them you can disable ( any your unsure of leave them ) But in general you can disable things like itunes, spotify etc.

This will not disable the programs just stop them from running straight from boot up, and you can then run the programs as and when you need them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

Click Start, then Right Click 'Computer' and select 'Properties' - this will open a window and there will be a entry in there which says 'Installed Memory'"

Oh yes ... 4.00 gb

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

Lol @ typo Widows 7

Oppps

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

Lol @ typo Widows 7

Oppps

If you have 4GB of RAM that should be running fairly good

Can you go to same screen as before and see if its 32bit or 64 bit Windows 7 ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

Lol @ typo Widows 7

Oppps

If you have 4GB of RAM that should be running fairly good

Can you go to same screen as before and see if its 32bit or 64 bit Windows 7 ??

It's 64

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

Lol @ typo Widows 7

Oppps

If you have 4GB of RAM that should be running fairly good

Can you go to same screen as before and see if its 32bit or 64 bit Windows 7 ??

It's 64"

Ok good thats that solved as 32 bit only recognises up to 3GB of ram

I would try my above post fiorstly and see if that speeds it up, also other posters have mentioned Ccleaner, which i would also recommend as this can give you a really good clean up and will help

Its free and easy to use

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

Lol @ typo Widows 7

Oppps

If you have 4GB of RAM that should be running fairly good

Can you go to same screen as before and see if its 32bit or 64 bit Windows 7 ??

It's 64

Ok good thats that solved as 32 bit only recognises up to 3GB of ram

I would try my above post fiorstly and see if that speeds it up, also other posters have mentioned Ccleaner, which i would also recommend as this can give you a really good clean up and will help

Its free and easy to use

Will try it, thank you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Also, try defragmenting your hard drive. There is an excellent free program to do this called 'Defraggler' and its very easy to use.

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

Need to know basis

"So following on from the other threads Im happy to help with any advice on problems or upgrades and tech stuff

All the other PC/Laptop guru's are free to jump in and help too

Surgery is now open

Can I come and reboot your hard dick ooops disk?

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

"Hi Doc, noble gesture and thanks in advance.

Sure we,ve tried that but will double check. Thanks, fingers crossed.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"So following on from the other threads Im happy to help with any advice on problems or upgrades and tech stuff

All the other PC/Laptop guru's are free to jump in and help too

Surgery is now open

Can I come and reboot your hard dick ooops disk?

He he he

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

Lol @ typo Widows 7

Oppps

If you have 4GB of RAM that should be running fairly good

Can you go to same screen as before and see if its 32bit or 64 bit Windows 7 ??

It's 64

Ok good thats that solved as 32 bit only recognises up to 3GB of ram

I would try my above post fiorstly and see if that speeds it up, also other posters have mentioned Ccleaner, which i would also recommend as this can give you a really good clean up and will help

Its free and easy to use

Will try it, thank you

Try a windows update works for me or my computer right click properties, tools , error checking, check now

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"My laptop runs so slow, takes ages to load

What O/S are you using and how much RAM is in the machine?

Widows 7, hmmm how do I find that out?

Lol @ typo Widows 7

Oppps

If you have 4GB of RAM that should be running fairly good

Can you go to same screen as before and see if its 32bit or 64 bit Windows 7 ??

It's 64

Ok good thats that solved as 32 bit only recognises up to 3GB of ram

I would try my above post fiorstly and see if that speeds it up, also other posters have mentioned Ccleaner, which i would also recommend as this can give you a really good clean up and will help

Its free and easy to use

Will try it, thank you

No prob let us know how you get on

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By *renchbambi xWoman
over a year ago

Need to know basis

"So following on from the other threads Im happy to help with any advice on problems or upgrades and tech stuff

All the other PC/Laptop guru's are free to jump in and help too

Surgery is now open

Can I come and reboot your hard dick ooops disk?

He he he

I thought this was about playing doctors and nurses...

off to play with the boys and girls on the F**k me thread...pfft

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

I have a problem.. times in 6 days had Dell out 5

backwards

LOL this may be a little difficult to read . my curser keeps jumping

h my keyboard

Randomly like that ^^^^^^

I am not a natural typer so watch my keyboard.. look up and find I have to keep redoing everything... its soo irritating . They have changed HD took 5 goes to get a new motherboard that was correct. . the machine also randomly goes black..sometimes several times a minute. ( i have had to correct this block of text about 5 times ) they sent me a new machine but I have sent that back as the mouse keys were very noisy click sound.

next step is money back .. any ideas on why its doing this ?

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

This comes from someone who had decided his mouse had died and used the touchpad for three months before realising the optical hole underneath was stuff full of gunge.

OK. While typing, my cursor has a habit of jumping back in the text and continuing typing from there. There's probably a few examples of it on Fab.

It's more annoying than serious but if you, or anyone else, have any ideas I'd be delighted to hear them.

I use Windows Version 5.1 Service Pack 3.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I have a problem.. times in 6 days had Dell out 5

backwards

LOL this may be a little difficult to read . my curser keeps jumping

h my keyboard

Randomly like that ^^^^^^

next step is money back .. any ideas on why its doing this ?"

Laptop or Desktop?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"This comes from someone who had decided his mouse had died and used the touchpad for three months before realising the optical hole underneath was stuff full of gunge.

OK. While typing, my cursor has a habit of jumping back in the text and continuing typing from there. There's probably a few examples of it on Fab.

It's more annoying than serious but if you, or anyone else, have any ideas I'd be delighted to hear them.

I use Windows Version 5.1 Service Pack 3."

Are you using a laptop and does the laptop have in integral touchpad?

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"................

I use Windows Version 5.1 Service Pack 3.

Are you using a laptop and does the laptop have in integral touchpad?"

Yes, laptop with integral touchpad. Elderly Toshiba Equium.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"So following on from the other threads Im happy to help with any advice on problems or upgrades and tech stuff

All the other PC/Laptop guru's are free to jump in and help too

Surgery is now open

Can I come and reboot your hard dick ooops disk?

You are sooooo bad Madame Bambi! But you do make me giggle

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"This comes from someone who had decided his mouse had died and used the touchpad for three months before realising the optical hole underneath was stuff full of gunge.

OK. While typing, my cursor has a habit of jumping back in the text and continuing typing from there. There's probably a few examples of it on Fab.

It's more annoying than serious but if you, or anyone else, have any ideas I'd be delighted to hear them.

I use Windows Version 5.1 Service Pack 3."

Ok firstly i would update the drivers for your touchpad, you can do this through the device manager

Try that firstly

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

Lap top dell inspiron about 3 years old.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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I use Windows Version 5.1 Service Pack 3.

Are you using a laptop and does the laptop have in integral touchpad?

Yes, laptop with integral touchpad. Elderly Toshiba Equium."

But from the sounds of it you use an external mouse rather than the touchpad?

See, I wonder if what you're doing is brushing the touchpad with your wrist or the heel of your hand when you type which causes the cursor to jump.

Try disabling the touchpad in the Touchpad driver software if you just use an external mouse.

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

Ohhh someone else has the same problem.. how do i do the drivers thing ?

dummy !!

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over a year ago

"Lap top dell inspiron about 3 years old."

I wonder if what you're doing is brushing the touchpad with your wrist or the heel of your hand when you type which causes the cursor to jump.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Ohhh someone else has the same problem.. how do i do the drivers thing ?

dummy !! "

What Operating system are you running im guessing Vista if its 3 years old ??

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

No not touching the mouse at all just the keys as I type.. I really just jumps on its own when I type a sentence . ( not that silly

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

windows 7 spose it could be two but its well used as its on every waking hour. and I farm so it does alot of work .

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"windows 7 spose it could be two but its well used as its on every waking hour. and I farm so it does alot of work ."

Ok well being well used means you need to give it a service lol !! Heres my tips....

1. Download Ccleaner, its free and run it, if it takes a ges dont worry it means you have a lot to clean !!

2. Downlaod Malware bytes or Super Anti spyware and run a full scan just to be safe

3. Defrag ! Go to all programs / accessories / system tools then defragment.

Doing these 3 steps should give you a dam good clean up and service software wise.

Finally go to the dell website and go to the support section and download the latest drivers for your touchpad etc, there should be an option for dell to auto scan for latest drivers

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No not touching the mouse at all just the keys as I type.. I really just jumps on its own when I type a sentence . ( not that silly

The only reason is that I've been through something similar and that was the cause!

Ok, try this

Turn off the Enhanced Pointer Precision Feature:

Click Start, click Run, type control mouse, and then click OK.

Click the Pointer Options tab, click to clear the Enhance pointer precision check box,click Apply and OK.

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over a year ago

"No not touching the mouse at all just the keys as I type.. I really just jumps on its own when I type a sentence . ( not that silly

)

The only reason is that I've been through something similar and that was the cause!

Ok, try this

Turn off the Enhanced Pointer Precision Feature:

Click Start, click Run, type control mouse, and then click OK.

Click the Pointer Options tab, click to clear the Enhance pointer precision check box,click Apply and OK.

Lol and plus 1 this

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

"No not touching the mouse at all just the keys as I type.. I really just jumps on its own when I type a sentence . ( not that silly

)

The only reason is that I've been through something similar and that was the cause!

Ok, try this

Turn off the Enhanced Pointer Precision Feature:

Click Start, click Run, type control mouse, and then click OK.

Click the Pointer Options tab, click to clear the Enhance pointer precision check box,click Apply and OK.

** as to this I dont have a clue what u talking about sorry..

Ok samandjamie tho of course there is hardly anything on this now as I had a new HD fitted and a new motherboard at the end of may. trying to get the problem sported .. the curser and the blacking out.. they came 5 times over a week. .but nothing they did worked.

they sent a new machine as i said above but it wasnt suitable so i sent it back. they are in the process of sending me a pay out so i can go look for a new machine..

The black outs happen in the middle of me writing I have to wait then click start button to fire it up. fortunately I dont lose the stuff I have written.. that really would wind me up.

spose I just need to replace this asap.

all I need is something fast for my farming..photos /music and here .

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"No not touching the mouse at all just the keys as I type.. I really just jumps on its own when I type a sentence . ( not that silly

)

The only reason is that I've been through something similar and that was the cause!

Ok, try this

Turn off the Enhanced Pointer Precision Feature:

Click Start, click Run, type control mouse, and then click OK.

Click the Pointer Options tab, click to clear the Enhance pointer precision check box,click Apply and OK.

** as to this I dont have a clue what u talking about sorry..

they sent a new machine as i said above but it wasnt suitable so i sent it back. they are in the process of sending me a pay out so i can go look for a new machine..

The black outs happen in the middle of me writing I have to wait then click start button to fire it up. fortunately I dont lose the stuff I have written.. that really would wind me up.

spose I just need to replace this asap.

all I need is something fast for my farming..photos /music and here .

The back screen is very odd and seems like its going to sleep or hibernate of its own accord ?? Probably your best option is like you said get a new machine, whilst Dell are fairly good personally there are far better machines to be had for the same money ??

I use a company called Novatech and they are fantastic, take a look at their laptops as they do some awesome deals

Also does it have to be a laptop ?? As desktops are more reliable and easier to fix if they do go wrong ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Doesn't sound like a PSU issue to me but I could be wrong.

I very much doubt it will work but have you reset your bios & CMOS battery (take it out for an hour or so)?

Yet to leave the battery out d

for so long - I flipped it and replaced, maybe I should wait a bit more ...

Tried the soft re-set and left unplugged for a while etc. and that was no use at all ....

Tried most of the logical steps - but haven't tried the paper clip jumper on the power in to motherboard yet !

Not that I think that's a good idea !

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Doesn't sound like a PSU issue to me but I could be wrong.

I very much doubt it will work but have you reset your bios & CMOS battery (take it out for an hour or so)?

Yet to leave the battery out d

for so long - I flipped it and replaced, maybe I should wait a bit more ...

Tried the soft re-set and left unplugged for a while etc. and that was no use at all ....

Tried most of the logical steps - but haven't tried the paper clip jumper on the power in to motherboard yet !

Not that I think that's a good idea !"

I would not recommend doing that !! If you are not getting a POST screen at all then its almost definitely the motherboard thats gone, one way to be sure is connect another PSU, dont worry about all the other bits just connect the main molex to motherboard and power on see if you get a POST screen.

If not then its definitely your motherboard

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

Yes.. I cant sit with a desk top on my knee.

There is a desk top in front room but its old and slow and windows 97...I like my lap top .

what is the onsite warranty insurance like with the people you recommed? dell are excellant and out within two days.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes.. I cant sit with a desk top on my knee.

There is a desk top in front room but its old and slow and windows 97...I like my lap top .

what is the onsite warranty insurance like with the people you recommed? dell are excellant and out within two days.

They offer free lifetime tech support and a huge range of warranties etc, go to the home page and scroll to bottom and click on why buy from us and you can see all the stuff they do

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

As your laptop has been dropped I would also look at re-seating your ram sticks and your hard drive. By this I simply mean remove them and plug them back in. DDR ram is very fussy and if it isn't seated can cause all manner of issues.

After that I'd run scandisk type function to check no windows files are corrupt, can't remember the windows 7 one off the top of my head I'm afraid at the moment though.

If neither of those work then I'd agree with what has been said. Get your hard drive plugged into a desktop, back up your files, wipe what you don't want anyone to see then off to the shop to get it sorted.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Yes I know my password lol it let's me type the first letter then freezes

Sounds like the keyboard has come loose and is not letting you type anything , plug in a usb keyboard and try that

Tried that

And did the same thing happen ?

Nothing happens, its not picking the other keyboard up when rebooted. Think I may have to take it to a repair shop. But its full of filth

After that I'd run scandisk type function to check no windows files are corrupt, can't remember the windows 7 one off the top of my head I'm afraid at the moment though.

All valid points

Although to be fair if the ram wasnt seated properly she would not even get to the windows log on screen

Same pretty much goes for the hard drive, valid points though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Not if there are two sticks of ram!

I agree on the HDD but it's worth a shot. I've been caught out by the ram issue before though, only since it changed to DDR stuff. Pc would start to do things then suddenly die. In this case it turns out the ram stick in slot two was dead and when it went to utilise it that was when my PC would error. DDR ram is fussy stuff! I've also experienced graphical errors before and that turned out to be the damn ram too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?"

What do you mean by hard reset? Do you mean holding down the power button to force the PC to turn off? If this is the case what is the situation causing you to do the hard reset in the first place?

I take it is just now totally dead from your other posts and will do nothing anymore?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Not if there are two sticks of ram!

Ok well DDR ram has been around since 1996 lol also even IF one stick of ram had become slightly unseated, it would beep and warn you at the POST screen.

Faulty ram would not allow you to boot to the windows log on screen and in my experience does not cause graphics errors ??

Anyway you points are valid just not in the case in question in my opinion

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I thought all of that too. It was actually my first build with DDR that threw these weird errors up.

It was Corsair ram, purchased in a pair, though they came in separate packets in those days. I was trying to install the OS and it would get so far and stop so I thought HDD. Had a replacement drive sent to me and it did the same. What was weird was it worked for so long then stopped. Removed stick from slot two and off we went. Perfect install. I got a replacement stick sent to go back into slot two.

About a month later I would be using the PC and get crazy lines going across the screen, green, pink. I instantly thought g-card but then recalled the ram issue so set about running memtest on each stick individually. Sure enough the older one had errors all over it. I couldn't believe it either and to this date have never seen ram cause these type of issues, had me fooled at the time! The joys of home building and just the kinds luck I get

Had the beeping too on a friends PC. They moved house, got a call saying all the PC is doing is beeping. Quick visit, re-seated the ram job done.

One thing I'm seeing a lot of recently are laptops with shot hard drives. I think people forget that even though it's a laptop you shouldn't move it around when it is in use. With SSD drives being introduced now into laptops this situation shouldn't occur so much but anyone who does have an SSD should never defrag their drives! Something to check before advising others to defrag. I do believe that in general the option to defrag SSD's on laptops will be greyed out or simply not available, which makes sense.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"................

I use Windows Version 5.1 Service Pack 3.

Are you using a laptop and does the laptop have in integral touchpad?

Yes, laptop with integral touchpad. Elderly Toshiba Equium.

But from the sounds of it you use an external mouse rather than the touchpad?

See, I wonder if what you're doing is brushing the touchpad with your wrist or the heel of your hand when you type which causes the cursor to jump.

Try disabling the touchpad in the Touchpad driver software if you just use an external mouse. "

That seems to have helped. Many thanks.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"................

I use Windows Version 5.1 Service Pack 3.

Are you using a laptop and does the laptop have in integral touchpad?

Yes, laptop with integral touchpad. Elderly Toshiba Equium.

But from the sounds of it you use an external mouse rather than the touchpad?

See, I wonder if what you're doing is brushing the touchpad with your wrist or the heel of your hand when you type which causes the cursor to jump.

Try disabling the touchpad in the Touchpad driver software if you just use an external mouse.

That seems to have helped. Many thanks."

Our pleasure

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Next......

My pc fails to restart after a hard reset

Still have a power indicator light in the psu, and an led lit on the motherboard, but no fans, nothing at all .....

Guessing it might be a psu failure ?

Any other ideas?

What do you mean by hard reset? Do you mean holding down the power button to force the PC to turn off? If this is the case what is the situation causing you to do the hard reset in the first place?

I take it is just now totally dead from your other posts and will do nothing anymore?"

Yep that's the bunny

The computers been hanging on shutdown, and I finally lost patience last week

It's a dell inspiron 530s, and about four ti five years old.

I think it's just been getting to the end of it's shelf life

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over a year ago

In doing that you could have corrupted some of the Windows files but that doesn't explain why it won't post at all. In anger you haven't been jabbing the power button at all have you? It probably isn't the case but I'm wondering if your power button could be up the spout. Not sure there is an easy way to check this though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I recently had my laptop wiped and cant get the wifi to connect on the laptop or my printer again yet its working fine on my phone i really need to do some printing and cant find the printer cable so would appreciate some hellllllp pleasee i've tried everything

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I recently had my laptop wiped and cant get the wifi to connect on the laptop or my printer again yet its working fine on my phone i really need to do some printing and cant find the printer cable so would appreciate some hellllllp pleasee i've tried everything "

Hello and welcome to surgery lol !!

Is there an icon in the bottom right showing that wifi networks are available ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hello Doctor....every time I go into chat on cam and put my audio (playing music from my PC) when I type a sentence I look up and its still typing across my screen even tho I finished about 10 seconds before hand

it also does the same in a full room when I have me cam on and no audio

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over a year ago

"Hello Doctor....every time I go into chat on cam and put my audio (playing music from my PC) when I type a sentence I look up and its still typing across my screen even tho I finished about 10 seconds before hand

it also does the same in a full room when I have me cam on and no audio

Hello

Ok so this happens regardless of whether your playing audio or not correct ?? Simple answer is audio us only fed through the webcam Mic anyway so won't make any difference

As for the delay can you give me an idea if the specs you have ? IE ram and processor ??

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Surgery is now closed for the evening but will re commence tomorrow morning

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over a year ago

Surgery is now closed for the evening but will re commence tomorrow morning

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over a year ago

it also does the same in a full room when I have me cam on and no audio

Hello

Ok so this happens regardless of whether your playing audio or not correct ?? Simple answer is audio us only fed through the webcam Mic anyway so won't make any difference

As for the delay can you give me an idea if the specs you have ? IE ram and processor ??

What happens when you have no Cam as well as no audio in the chatroom. Totally disconnect your cam and is what you type still slow to appear on your screen? If it still doesn't slow stop your media player too whichever you are using. Does it still appear slowly as you type?

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over a year ago

Sorry to jump in lol...

Have you connected your laptop back to the wireless network? underneath the router there's usually a label with your Wifi password .. There's a usually a Wifi symbol in the task bar (by the clock) if you click on that it should bring up a list of networks, choose your network and type in the password... hopefully that should be it!

Happy to help out here.. IT Support is my day job..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

my free hand is in the air to offer help as well.....

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Morning

The Locums are already in and raring to go lol so surgery is now OPEN lol !!

Am slightly hanging this morning so will let the locums take care of your problems for first hour or so lol !

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By *ust_for_laughsCouple
over a year ago

Hinckley

Sorry to jump in lol...

Happy to help out here.. IT Support is my day job.."

Or the drivers haven't been installed after the restore.

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

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over a year ago

Solihull

"So following on from the other threads Im happy to help with any advice on problems or upgrades and tech stuff

All the other PC/Laptop guru's are free to jump in and help too

Surgery is now open

Hi Doctor, My PC problem is quite tricky so hoping you can help.

Is it PC to tell my friend his new girl friend is a slut or should I refer to her as a sexual extrovert when we meet ?

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

This ones easy, stay polite and non offensive or you will suffer a hard drive failure and a black eye screen of death

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

"This ones easy, stay polite and non offensive or you will suffer a hard drive failure and a black eye screen of death

thanks for your help and advice doctor

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over a year ago

"This ones easy, stay polite and non offensive or you will suffer a hard drive failure and a black eye screen of death

thanks for your help and advice doctor "

Your welcome .... NEXT !!

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over a year ago

"In doing that you could have corrupted some of the Windows files but that doesn't explain why it won't post at all. In anger you haven't been jabbing the power button at all have you? It probably isn't the case but I'm wondering if your power button could be up the spout. Not sure there is an easy way to check this though

No jabbing going on, but I did threaten it with a lump hammer

Think it's got to go to a clinic to see where.the power interrupt is .....

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

I play a game on the Ipad that keeps crashing and won't load. Game support want me to send the crash logs so they can look into why it is happening.

I have synched the Ipad with our computer like they told me too so all the information they needed would be stored on the pc. But I can't find the crash logs to send them and am getting frustrated and suffering withdrawals from not playing my game for 3 days!

Running windows 8

Ps I am a dummy when it comes to computers so if anyone can help, simpleton instructions please.

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over a year ago

"I play a game on the Ipad that keeps crashing and won't load. Game support want me to send the crash logs so they can look into why it is happening.

Running windows 8

Ps I am a dummy when it comes to computers so if anyone can help, simpleton instructions please.

Hello

Your crash logs are located here ......

C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Apple computer\Logs\CrashReporter\

Hope that helps

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Hi doc

I have forgotten my windows 8 password I put it to some thing I would remember like a donut have forgotten was it was!

is there a way to recover it. Thanks doc

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

"So following on from the other threads Im happy to help with any advice on problems or upgrades and tech stuff

All the other PC/Laptop guru's are free to jump in and help too

Surgery is now open

A geeky girl I know from school has sent me a text saying she wants to get RAM'ed in her backspace by my hard drive.

what does she mean ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Hi doc

I have forgotten my windows 8 password I put it to some thing I would remember like a donut have forgotten was it was!

is there a way to recover it. Thanks doc "

Try this process first

1. turn on PC/Laptop and keep pressing F8

2. This should take you to a boot mode screen

3 select boot with command prompt

4 Wait till you see a black box open ( command prompt screen )

5 in this screen type net user

6 you will then see a list of user accounts so you want to select your account, type.....

net user administrator * ( include spaces )

You will then see type a password for this user dont type anything just hit return, and again to confirm.

This should then change your password to blank so you can log on to windows and set a new password

Hope it works for you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Thanks followed some of the advise and found 364 threats, some serious ones and laptop now running much quicker

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over a year ago

"Thanks followed some of the advise and found 364 threats, some serious ones and laptop now running much quicker

Excellent good to hear

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

"I play a game on the Ipad that keeps crashing and won't load. Game support want me to send the crash logs so they can look into why it is happening.

Running windows 8

Ps I am a dummy when it comes to computers so if anyone can help, simpleton instructions please.

Hello

Your crash logs are located here ......

C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Apple computer\Logs\CrashReporter\

Hope that helps

Probably going to sound really thick now but I have copied that into the search box and looked in c drive and computer and nothing has come up.

Is that where I am supposed to be typing it?

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over a year ago

"I play a game on the Ipad that keeps crashing and won't load. Game support want me to send the crash logs so they can look into why it is happening.

Running windows 8

Ps I am a dummy when it comes to computers so if anyone can help, simpleton instructions please.

Hello

Your crash logs are located here ......

C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Apple computer\Logs\CrashReporter\

Hope that helps

Probably going to sound really thick now but I have copied that into the search box and looked in c drive and computer and nothing has come up.

Is that where I am supposed to be typing it?

If you use the search box just type in apple computer or crash reporter and it should find the folder for you

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over a year ago

it also does the same in a full room when I have me cam on and no audio

Hello

Ok so this happens regardless of whether your playing audio or not correct ?? Simple answer is audio us only fed through the webcam Mic anyway so won't make any difference

As for the delay can you give me an idea if the specs you have ? IE ram and processor ??

Thanks for the reply....Its a 2gb ram (32 bit) Intel(R) core(TM) 2 CPU..what ever that means lol And it runs perfect when I have no cam on even in a full room

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over a year ago

it also does the same in a full room when I have me cam on and no audio

Hello

Ok so this happens regardless of whether your playing audio or not correct ?? Simple answer is audio us only fed through the webcam Mic anyway so won't make any difference

As for the delay can you give me an idea if the specs you have ? IE ram and processor ??

Thanks for the reply....Its a 2gb ram (32 bit) Intel(R) core(TM) 2 CPU..what ever that means lol And it runs perfect when I have no cam on even in a full room "

Ok am assuming that its a built in cam ?? Could be another case of updating the drivers for the cam ? Try that initially and let me know if that helps ??

To update the driver.....

Click windows button ( bottom left )

Type device manager into search box and then click on device manager icon

Then find your webcam from the list and right click and then click update driver

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over a year ago

Its not a built in cam its a Microsoft life HD cam ill have a butchers at updating the cam drivers and will get back to you thanks

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over a year ago

Microsoft life cam 5001

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Well ive just tried it and it says I have the most recent update for this cam

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My pc has slowed down how do I fix that. It has gotten very slow which is driving me nuts.

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

"Hi Doc, noble gesture and thanks in advance.

Sure we,ve tried that but will double check. Thanks, fingers crossed."

Yeah, as I thought that's in order.

We get a pop up error code which i,ve tried to look up in google but had no joy how to resolve the message says:

'An error is preventing the photo or video from being displayed' error code 0x8007000e

Wished it had been that simple, it opens some but not others, some photos are visible as an icon both in the folder and on the desktop, others not. Really need them all showing & opening to clean up comp

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any tips for a smooth running windows 8??????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have something, I have lost the graphics to youtube; it was fine a month ago, did the usual and deleted history but still nothing so won't play any of the video's etc. Is perfectly okay on my IPhone so something is going on with my pc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I have something, I have lost the graphics to youtube; it was fine a month ago, did the usual and deleted history but still nothing so won't play any of the video's etc. Is perfectly okay on my IPhone so something is going on with my pc

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Try going back in time to when it was good!!!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hi all am away at the mo but will try and answer your probs later

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I also forgot to say that my PC has got very slow and the fan has been whirring badly, I often get the warning 'page unresponsive' and indeed this morning I tried to log onto fab and got that message, been on my PC for 2 hrs by then

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Well ive just tried it and it says I have the most recent update for this cam

Hiya 2 solutions firstly try rolling back to the previous driver ( done in same place as updating driver ) if thats doesn't solve it uninstall camera and install again but use a different usb port

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I also forgot to say that my PC has got very slow and the fan has been whirring badly, I often get the warning 'page unresponsive' and indeed this morning I tried to log onto fab and got that message, been on my PC for 2 hrs by then"

Ok sounds like you have a dust build up on your fan turn off and give it a Hoover out, then download a program called Ccleaner and run it , you then need to update adobe flash player so go to adobe site and update

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

Folloing on from the success of yesterday - am I allowed another question? A small donation to the charity of your choice is waiting.

When visiting Facebook on my laptop I regularly find my browser hangs and the message along the top become Facebook Windows Internet Explorer (Not Responding).

Might swapping to Firefox or Chrome help or should I try something else?

Thanks in anticipation.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

HI Shipman here can I help

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Folloing on from the success of yesterday - am I allowed another question? A small donation to the charity of your choice is waiting.

When visiting Facebook on my laptop I regularly find my browser hangs and the message along the top become Facebook Windows Internet Explorer (Not Responding).

Might swapping to Firefox or Chrome help or should I try something else?

Thanks in anticipation. "

check ur RAM, possibly try a freeware RAM booster, remember ur computer might be struggling with too many programs at once

recommending stuff like glary utilities and ccleaner and slim computer/slim cleaner/slim drivers

cnet is a good source of the most downloaded programs, many are freeware

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If possible it is far far safer to used compressed air in a tin to blow any dust / debris out of your computer. Using a vacuum cleaner is a bit dodgy due to the build up of static and the chance it could discharge and zap something sensitive on the motherboard etc.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Folloing on from the success of yesterday - am I allowed another question? A small donation to the charity of your choice is waiting.

When visiting Facebook on my laptop I regularly find my browser hangs and the message along the top become Facebook Windows Internet Explorer (Not Responding).

Might swapping to Firefox or Chrome help or should I try something else?

Thanks in anticipation. "

How full is your hard drive out of interest? Same would go for anyone else that has a pc that is getting slow. Back in my younger days when I was more into optimising PC's rule of thumb was once a spinning hard drive gets more than 60% full it starts to lose performance. It'll still work, just wont find files as quickly. As well as using RAM your system uses something called a pagefile when running programs and carrying out tasks. It should only use this once all of your ram resources are used up but nether the less you NEED to keep some free space on your hard drive for this. The pagefile is basically space on your harddrive which is used by the computer when your ram runs out. So if your harddrive is very full you basically have no pagefile and this could cause you issues once your ram resources are totally used up. At minimum I think you need 15% harddrive space free to carry out a de-frag on a spinning disk so ensure you stick to this! personally I like to keep a substantial amount of free space but that's just me.

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By *nnyMan
over a year ago

Glasgow

"Folloing on from the success of yesterday - am I allowed another question? A small donation to the charity of your choice is waiting.

When visiting Facebook on my laptop I regularly find my browser hangs and the message along the top become Facebook Windows Internet Explorer (Not Responding).

Might swapping to Firefox or Chrome help or should I try something else?

Thanks in anticipation.

How full is your hard drive out of interest? ............"

I have 46.4GB free out of 74.5GB

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Side taken off, found a little brush to get in between the blades, cleared all the dust out, using hoover too.

Downloaded Ccleaner and run it, no idea what I should be doing with it to be honest but its free and it took seconds, loads of stuff some with phenomanal amount of memory.

Then went to Adobe, it came up with 'Your Google Chrome browser already includes Adobe® Flash® Player built-in. Google Chrome will automatically update when new versions of Flash Player are available.'

Youtube still not working on Chrome but works perfectly on Internet Explorer so I think Chrome is broke lol

Fan still whirring probably more than before

but I don't get the connection with cleaning the fan and running Ccleaner?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try going back in time to when it was good!!!

Done that to the 1st June and it removed Chrome so I had to reinstall it, still not working so I guess there is an issue with Chrome itself

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Morning all been away for weekend so having a coffee and will be back with more advice in a bit lol

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Folloing on from the success of yesterday - am I allowed another question? A small donation to the charity of your choice is waiting.

When visiting Facebook on my laptop I regularly find my browser hangs and the message along the top become Facebook Windows Internet Explorer (Not Responding).

Might swapping to Firefox or Chrome help or should I try something else?

Thanks in anticipation. "

Morning

Your not alone on this as it has been happening to me, its an inherent problem with Chrome apparently, there quite a few people complaining about it and there should be a fix coming for Google soon.

In the meantime either just stay logged into FB or set it as a bookmark ( after you have logged in ) this sometimes keeps the issue at bay

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Try going back in time to when it was good!!!

Done that to the 1st June and it removed Chrome so I had to reinstall it, still not working so I guess there is an issue with Chrome itself"

Morning

If the fan is still whirring i would recommend getting a new one as sounds like its on its way out, they are really is to replace and pretty cheap from somewhere like maplins etc ?? The fan will most likely be connected to the motherboard by a small cable so just a case of disconnecting, unscrew the old fan and put new one on ( if unsure take fan with you to shop so you get right size )

As for the Adobe problem and youtube, it sounds as though Chrome has become slightly corrupted ?? Are you running any add on's or extensions at all on Chrome ??

Top right hand corner of Chrome are 3 black lines click on the and go to settings then extensions and disable any that may be running and then try again if still not working uninstall chrome then do any adobe updates and then re install chrome

Try that and let me know

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Re the Youtube problem - have you cleared the Browsing Cache (NOT the history)?

Try this :

Top right hand comer of Chrome there is an icon that looks like three horizontal lines – click it then select “Settings” then “Show Advanced Options” (near the bottom of the screen) then “ Clear browsing data”

Select “From the beginning of time” and hit ‘Clear Browsing Data’

Note: If you have any cached passwords that automatically log you into websites, these will be cleared out as well – so make sure you know all your passwords to any sites which you would otherwise just automatically log into.

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By *anyoufeelmeMan
over a year ago

near you

When i read the thread .. i thought it was referring to PC as in PC muscle ....

the best Muscle in a mans body

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

When I woke up this morning my laptop was missing. I think the computer has been stolen. Can both of you come to our house in wales and help us look, we'll start in the bedroom i expect!

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"When I woke up this morning my laptop was missing. I think the computer has been stolen. Can both of you come to our house in wales and help us look, we'll start in the bedroom i expect!

Ha ha ha

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By *hocmanxMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

"Your both now on my hotlist, for any future PCM problems of course

Well I can work out PCM as well, just in case your stuck for a Nyquist sampling rate

Good old sampling criterion

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

when logging in should there be any icons or letters in the log in boxes..

happens with google also..??

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"when logging in should there be any icons or letters in the log in boxes..

happens with google also..??"

Depends on what your logging into ?? If your logging into websites or online email accounts then perhaps you have ticked a box to save your log in details ??

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Re the Youtube problem - have you cleared the Browsing Cache (NOT the history)?

Try this :

Select “From the beginning of time” and hit ‘Clear Browsing Data’

I have done that and do that regularly, still not worked with Youtube, might just change browser. I would use IE but it seems to have lost some of its links ie when I want to pay for something, the link to pay doesn't work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try going back in time to when it was good!!!

Done that to the 1st June and it removed Chrome so I had to reinstall it, still not working so I guess there is an issue with Chrome itself

Morning

As for the Adobe problem and youtube, it sounds as though Chrome has become slightly corrupted ?? Are you running any add on's or extensions at all on Chrome ??

Try that and let me know

Have checked the extensions/add ons, nothing running that wasn't before. As I said, my adobe is totally up to date as it came up yesterday with the little icon to do so, still youtube not working.

As to the fan, will note down my pc name as there is a pc shop in the centre of Gloucester and ask them how much it is but yes will keep you posted.

Overall though I am erring towards Chrome being corrupted as someone else has said

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Try going back in time to when it was good!!!

Done that to the 1st June and it removed Chrome so I had to reinstall it, still not working so I guess there is an issue with Chrome itself

Morning

As for the Adobe problem and youtube, it sounds as though Chrome has become slightly corrupted ?? Are you running any add on's or extensions at all on Chrome ??

Try that and let me know

Have checked the extensions/add ons, nothing running that wasn't before. As I said, my adobe is totally up to date as it came up yesterday with the little icon to do so, still youtube not working.

As to the fan, will note down my pc name as there is a pc shop in the centre of Gloucester and ask them how much it is but yes will keep you posted.

Overall though I am erring towards Chrome being corrupted as someone else has said"

I would try uninstalling chrome and then re install it that could be a possible fix.

There have been some issues with chrome of late and i believe fixes are on the way from Google. Opera is another good browser ( free ) so perhaps try that and see if the issue happens with that ??

At least then you will know for sure that its just chrome

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By *ouple in LancashireCouple
over a year ago

in Lancashire

thanks will need to take a look and see if I have..

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I have just done a fresh install of windows 7 which fixed some issues. However I now have I.E.10 on and a major issue. The letters get jumbled on screen when I type stuff. I look up to find the last 3 words typed now in the middle of the sentence.

the other issue remains unsolved you tube videos buffer and don't play properly. its better than before update but still does it.

please help both are frustrating

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I have just done a fresh install of windows 7 which fixed some issues. However I now have I.E.10 on and a major issue. The letters get jumbled on screen when I type stuff. I look up to find the last 3 words typed now in the middle of the sentence.

the other issue remains unsolved you tube videos buffer and don't play properly. its better than before update but still does it.

please help both are frustrating"

Hiya,

Can i first ask have you done the clean install with an original recovery disc or purchased copy ??

It could be that by doing the install you are missing a few up to date drivers, i would do all the necessary updates via microsoft ( there will be a lot due to clean install )

Once you have done all the updates try again and if you still have the same problem try installing Google Chrome and see if the problem occurs with that ? ( or open notepad and just try typing anything and see if the problem occurs then )

Process of eliminamtion to start with

Let us know how it goes.

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By *layfullsamMan
over a year ago

Solihull

I know its me being stupid !

but I cant find the spellchecker when I do emails from my Hotmail account, it was in the bar above the email clear as day and now its gone

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If this is a laptop this could well be the same problem had by someone else near the start of the thread. That is you are brushing over the touchpad as you type which will move the cursor. You can de-activate the touchpad if you use a mouse.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I know its me being stupid !

but I cant find the spellchecker when I do emails from my Hotmail account, it was in the bar above the email clear as day and now its gone

Have you tried writing an email and found that misspelled words are highlighted in red ?? ( it even works on here )

Its because the spell checker is integrated into the browser so when you do not spell something correctly it is high lighted in red and you simply right click and correct it

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By *un_JuiceCouple
over a year ago

Nr Chester

Have a scroll up when you,re free please our photos issue wasn't that simple, we added the error code and more info for you to consider, appreciated in advance.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Wonder if someone could help. When I go into chat and turn on my cam I can see what is on it, however the camera icon doesn't appear next to my name for other to view it.

If I allow sound the speaker icon appears but again no camera icon.

Iv logged in and out and turned off/on before anyone suggests that

Thanks in advance

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Hi guys will take a look into your probs in the morning

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By *hoosy_strumpetCouple
over a year ago

W S AREA

ive been looking at this thread for some time and its been very helpful looking at all the answers etc , if i may i would like to ask a question

when you open a new browser or click on a form etc to start writing in a box , if you haven't put your curser on the page and clicked it you start typing but when you look up there is no writing

where does all that text go ?

i must have a folder somewhere with war and peace in it !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Try going back in time to when it was good!!!

Done that to the 1st June and it removed Chrome so I had to reinstall it, still not working so I guess there is an issue with Chrome itself

Morning

As for the Adobe problem and youtube, it sounds as though Chrome has become slightly corrupted ?? Are you running any add on's or extensions at all on Chrome ??

Try that and let me know

Have checked the extensions/add ons, nothing running that wasn't before. As I said, my adobe is totally up to date as it came up yesterday with the little icon to do so, still youtube not working.

As to the fan, will note down my pc name as there is a pc shop in the centre of Gloucester and ask them how much it is but yes will keep you posted.

Overall though I am erring towards Chrome being corrupted as someone else has said

I would try uninstalling chrome and then re install it that could be a possible fix.

There have been some issues with chrome of late and i believe fixes are on the way from Google. Opera is another good browser ( free ) so perhaps try that and see if the issue happens with that ??

At least then you will know for sure that its just chrome

I have already done that, much faster than it was before and as I said, youtube still not working. Any other browser will be fine so long as its as easy to use and set up my homepage as google/chrome/IE is, hence I don't use firefox, just too fussy and complicated.

I popped into that shop in town, need the number of my motherboard so they can give me the right one but average price £15 and I didn't think that was too bad at all.

Thanks for your help too

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Try going back in time to when it was good!!!

Done that to the 1st June and it removed Chrome so I had to reinstall it, still not working so I guess there is an issue with Chrome itself

Morning

As for the Adobe problem and youtube, it sounds as though Chrome has become slightly corrupted ?? Are you running any add on's or extensions at all on Chrome ??

Try that and let me know

Have checked the extensions/add ons, nothing running that wasn't before. As I said, my adobe is totally up to date as it came up yesterday with the little icon to do so, still youtube not working.

As to the fan, will note down my pc name as there is a pc shop in the centre of Gloucester and ask them how much it is but yes will keep you posted.

Overall though I am erring towards Chrome being corrupted as someone else has said

I would try uninstalling chrome and then re install it that could be a possible fix.

There have been some issues with chrome of late and i believe fixes are on the way from Google. Opera is another good browser ( free ) so perhaps try that and see if the issue happens with that ??

At least then you will know for sure that its just chrome

I popped into that shop in town, need the number of my motherboard so they can give me the right one but average price £15 and I didn't think that was too bad at all.

Thanks for your help too

Hi,

Quick question is it the fan on your motherboard thats making the noise then ?? ( heatsink fan ) These can be model specific so make sure you do get the right one, they are straight forward to replace but make sure you sit it the right way up

As for browsers give Opera a go its pretty easy and straight forward and i will do a little more digging on the youtube issue today

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"ive been looking at this thread for some time and its been very helpful looking at all the answers etc , if i may i would like to ask a question

when you open a new browser or click on a form etc to start writing in a box , if you haven't put your curser on the page and clicked it you start typing but when you look up there is no writing

where does all that text go ?

i must have a folder somewhere with war and peace in it !"

Lol thats actually a really good question, in actual fact every single keystroke you make is logged whether the actual type is displayed or not, however each letter is so tiny in memory terms even war and peace would barely take up any space these days

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Wonder if someone could help. When I go into chat and turn on my cam I can see what is on it, however the camera icon doesn't appear next to my name for other to view it.

If I allow sound the speaker icon appears but again no camera icon.

Iv logged in and out and turned off/on before anyone suggests that

Thanks in advance"

Can you tell me what browser your using and also the make of the camera ??

Am starting a new thread as this one is now full

So post your details up in the next one

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